Manchester Magazine | Spring 2024 Volume 118 | Issue 1 | Spring 2024 | Page 14

Enrollment

Enrollment for the 1940-41 school year was 638 . In 1944-45 , enrollment declined to 387 — 299 women and 88 men — due to demand for the war . Today , around 1,300 undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled at Manchester .

Passion for Teaching

Dr . Jonathan Watson has taught English at Manchester for more than 20 years . He continues to inspire students through his passion for literature and film .
NOW
THEN

638 ( 1940-41 )

Celebrating Manchester

Students then and now represent Manchester in community parades .
THEN

387

( 1945-46 )

1300 ( 2023-24 )

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Keeping Manchester Young

The Manchester community welcomed its newest president , Stacy Hendricks ’ 96 Young , back home in July 2023 . She ’ s not the only President Young , though . President E . S . Young was named Manchester ’ s second president in 1895 . Then , in 2004 , Jo Young ’ 69 Switzer became the 14th president , and the first woman to hold the position .
President E . S . Young President Jo Young Switzer President Stacy Young
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